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The Stones, or more accurately the relationship between Mick and Keith, imploded shortly after Dirty Work, resulting in Mick delivering a nearly unbearably mannered, ambitious solo effort that stiffed and Keith knocking out the greatest Stones album since Tattoo You, something that satisfied the cult but wasn't a hit. Clearly, they were worth more together than they were apart, so it was time for the reunion, and that's what Steel Wheels is -- a self-styled reunion album. It often feels as if they sat down and decided exactly what their audience wanted from a Stones album, and they deliver a record that gives the people what they want, whether it's Tattoo You-styled rockers, ballads in the vein of "Fool to Cry," even a touch of old-fashioned experimentalism with "Continental Drift." Being professionals, in the business for over two and a half decades, and being a band that always favored calculation, they wear all this well, even if this lacks the vigor and menace that fuels the best singles; after all, the rocking singles ("Sad Sad Sad," "Rock and a Hard Place," "Mixed Emotions") wind up being smoked by such throwaways as "Hold on to Your Hat." Even though it's just 12 songs, the record feels a little long, largely due to its lack of surprises and unabashed calculation (the jams are slicked up so much they don't have the visceral power of the jam record, Black and Blue). Still, the Stones sound good, and Mick and Keith both get off a killer ballad apiece with "Almost Hear You Sigh" and "Slipping Away," respectively. It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback -- which it was supposed to, after all.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Fischer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sarah Dash, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Jardin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Luis Jardin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Fischer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sarah Dash, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Fowler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Luis Jardin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE JORDAN, ComposerLyricist - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Luis Jardin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Luis Jardin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Luis Jardin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Ron Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kimsey, Producer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Kick Horns, Brass Band, AssociatedPerformer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Chuck Leavell, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wyman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Luis Jardin, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Clifford, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Watts, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Promotone B.V.
Album review
The Stones, or more accurately the relationship between Mick and Keith, imploded shortly after Dirty Work, resulting in Mick delivering a nearly unbearably mannered, ambitious solo effort that stiffed and Keith knocking out the greatest Stones album since Tattoo You, something that satisfied the cult but wasn't a hit. Clearly, they were worth more together than they were apart, so it was time for the reunion, and that's what Steel Wheels is -- a self-styled reunion album. It often feels as if they sat down and decided exactly what their audience wanted from a Stones album, and they deliver a record that gives the people what they want, whether it's Tattoo You-styled rockers, ballads in the vein of "Fool to Cry," even a touch of old-fashioned experimentalism with "Continental Drift." Being professionals, in the business for over two and a half decades, and being a band that always favored calculation, they wear all this well, even if this lacks the vigor and menace that fuels the best singles; after all, the rocking singles ("Sad Sad Sad," "Rock and a Hard Place," "Mixed Emotions") wind up being smoked by such throwaways as "Hold on to Your Hat." Even though it's just 12 songs, the record feels a little long, largely due to its lack of surprises and unabashed calculation (the jams are slicked up so much they don't have the visceral power of the jam record, Black and Blue). Still, the Stones sound good, and Mick and Keith both get off a killer ballad apiece with "Almost Hear You Sigh" and "Slipping Away," respectively. It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback -- which it was supposed to, after all.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:57
- Main artists: The Rolling Stones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2009 Promotone B.V. ℗ 2009 Promotone B.V.
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